Blurry photoshop image in Microsoft word

Hi All, I am a bit of a newbie to photoshop and am looking for some advice. I have edited some photos in photoshop to which they look lovely and crisp and clear only to insert them into a Microsoft word document in which the look blurry/fuzzy. They also look this way on the web (The images will eventually be used on the web). I have resized them down from 10497 x 7103 to 600 x 400px and at 200ppi ( I have also tried to take the photos using smaller settings on the camera with no success) . Have I missed doing something?? Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I am pulling my hair out!!!
Thanks in advance

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